The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday approved the Bengaluru Business Corridor (BBC), a 117-km road that will ease the traffic congestion by 40 per cent and give a new impetus to urban development.
The road, erstwhile Peripheral Ring Road, will run for 73 km in the northern part of Bengaluru, and the rest will run in the southern part of Bengaluru, according to Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar. Vehicles going towards Electronic City, Tumkur Road, Nelamangala, and Mysore Road will ply on this road.
The Deputy CM said that though the notification was issued for a 100 m wide area, the current government has decided to limit the width to 65 m. There will be a service road on both roads, but the main road will be a toll road. “We have decided to give the remaining 35 m to farmers as compensation. The remaining five metres will be provided in the middle of the road to develop a metro project. We have decided to give the remaining 35 m. of land back to the farmers as compensation,” he said.
Important update from Sri @lkatheeq , Chairman, #Bengaluru Business Corridor aka Peripheral Ring Road:
■ It will be 8 Lane Expressway with 2 Service Roads
■ Wider Median for Future Metro connectivity
■ 5 attractive options for land owners: cash compensation, TDR, FAR,… https://t.co/spqMATElaO pic.twitter.com/XiFnbUGEap
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Compensation for those who surrendered their lands
One of the major topics discussed by Shivakumar was the compensation for the farmers who surrendered their land for the project. A total of 2,560 acres of land spread across 67 villages has been acquired from around 4,000 farmers.
He said they have been given four options:
1) Cash compensation: The amount will be double the market price in urban areas and triple in rural areas.
2) Transfer Development Rights (TDR): This means that landowners can sell or transfer their unused development rights to another property owner, who can then use them to build more densely or taller than normally allowed in the receiving area.
3) Floor Area Ration (FAR).
4) Replacement land: If commercial land is not needed but land is needed in a residential area, then 40% of the land will be provided in the new layouts designed by BDA.
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However, those who lose less than 20 guntas of land will only get cash compensation. These options are available only for those who lose more land.”Our social and developmental objective is to give land back to farmers instead of auctioning it," Shivakumar said.
The Deputy Chief Minister, however, refused to give additional information on what the toll amount would be. |
